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Psychotria sp. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900-1050 m., 

 Kerr, 1123, 1188. 



In the absence of fruit I hesitate to describe this as new. 



Chasalia curviflora, Thw — F.B.I., iii. p. 176; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 14 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 955. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1154. 

 Distr. India, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. 



Geophila reniformis, Don— F.B.I., iii. p. 178; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 955. 



Sriracha, Nawng Kaw, in evergreen jungle, 30 m., Kerr, 2056. 

 Distr. Tropics. 



Cephaelis siamica, Craib, a speciebus indicis adhuc descriptis 

 foliis multo minoribus facile distinguenda. 



Radix crassa, lignosa ; caules lignosi, teretes, ad 52 cm. alti, primo 

 ferrugineo-pilosi, mox glabri, cortice pallide brunneo striato obtecti. 

 Folia lanceolata, apice acutiuscula, basi cuneata, 7-13 cm. longa, 

 2-5 cm. lata, chartacea, margine integra, supra glabra, subtus costa 

 nervisque praecipue pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 intra 

 marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus, nervis 

 transversis vix conspicuis ; petioli 0*5-1 cm. longi, pilosi ; stipulae 

 deciduae. Inflorescentia sessilis, terminalis, densa, capitata. Recepta- 

 cuhtm 1*5 mm. longum, hirsutum. Calycis lobi lanceolati, 3 mm. 

 longi, 1 mm. lati, extra hirsuti. Corolla viridis ; tubus fere 4 mm. 

 longus, extra fere glaber, intra fauce dense albo-villosus ; lobi 

 deltoidei, 1*5 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, apice duriusculi, extra apicem 

 versus pilosi. Stamina fauce inserta, antheris paullo exsertis. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis solitariis erectis, disco majusculo coro- 

 na turn ; stylus 2 mm. , longus, crassiusculus, styli ramis 0*5 mm. 

 longis suberectis.— Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 395. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1173. 



As Psychotria stands at present this plant might about equally 

 well be considered as belonging to that genus. 



Lasianthus Hookeri, C. B. Clarke ex Book/., F.B.I., iii. p. 184. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1157. 

 Distr. Khasia. 



Lasianthus Kerrii, Craib, a L. Whjhtiano, Hook, f., ramulis 

 adpresse fulvo-hirsutis, foliis supra glabris, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 5-7 tantum recedit. 



Suffrutex sarmentosus, usque ad 1*2 m. altus (fide Kerr) ; ramuli 

 adpresse fulvo- vel juventute brunneo-hirsuti. Folia oblanceolata, 

 elliptico-oblanceolata vel oblonga, apice breviter acuminata, acutius- 

 cula, basi cuneata, obtusa vel rotundata, 5-10 cm. longa, 1*7-4 cm. 

 lata, chartacea vel rigide chartacea, supra glabra, subtus costa 

 nervisque hirsuta, cetera pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 5-7 supra sicco subconspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis valde 

 prominentibus ; petioli 4-9 mm. longi ; stipulae deciduae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, ad 6 mm. longae, 1*5 mm. latae. Cymae axillares, 

 sessiles ; bracteae parvae, subulatae. Receptaculum 2 mm. altum, 

 1*5 mm. diametro, strigillosum. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 

 2 mm. longa, 0*75 mm. lata, extra strigillosa. Corollae albae tubus 



